Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, By Sohni, Heubach & Co. consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac inscribed “Für Badens Ehre” (German

inscribed “Für Badens Ehre” (German - For the honour of Baden)

enamel having been lacquered

to approve of the undermentioned rewards for distinguished service in connection with Military Operations in Salonika

to accommodate decorations with horizontal and vertical pinbacks

early 20th Century

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, By Sohni, Heubach & Co. consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac inscribed “Für Badens Ehre” (German(Zerstrerkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, surrounding a central destroyer cutting through waves, with its bow extending beyond the edge of the wreath, topped by a Heer style German national clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a crimped hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch, topped by a stabilizer, maker marked with the logo of Sohni, Heubach & Co.,